Audition Video Carter Kelly
THE ESCAPE GAME
SEASON FIVE
The girl sits as still as a mannequin, her hands clutched in her lap.
To her right: an old-school chalkboard covered in mathematical equations and pi written out to far too many digits.
To her left: book-shelves displaying pyramids of textbooks; a pastel-colored Rubik’s Cube; a large stuffed snail; and a gallery of framed prints showing the center of a sunflower, a nautilus seashell, a pineapple.
Everything is illuminated by fairy lights.
The girl herself has brown skin, tight curly black hair, and a constellation of freckles across her full cheeks.
“Hello, producers, casting directors, and anyone else watching. In case you don’t recognize me .
. .” Her hands tremble as she holds up a pair of glasses with large round frames.
“Maybe this helps? If not—then I bet this will.” She snaps her fingers, and her image dissolves in a waterfall of neon-green numerals.
The girl has disappeared. In her place is a cartoon version of herself. The cartoon is poised, in a plaid minidress and thigh-high boots—a far cry from the girl’s Scooby Doo T-shirt. Her curls are now fire-engine red, and the thick round glasses are perched on the end of her nose.
“I’m Kick It Carter,” says the avatar. “The highest-ranking Solve Specialist on the Domain.”
She holds a palm flat, and a graphic is superimposed above it, showing a scrolling social media feed with videos of Carter’s avatar exuberantly explaining various puzzles and codes, opening complicated locks, interviewing past contestants. The effects look professional.
“I joined the Clue Masters as an intern in the third season and have built a platform with hundreds of thousands of followers. I’m super excited to give them a sneak peek behind the scenes of The Escape Game.
But that’s not why you should pick me as a season five contestant.
You should pick me because I live for puzzles and logic and problem-solving.
I’m captain of the chess club, I took my school to our state’s math competition last year, and in my spare time I am also an amateur photographer.
My passion?” The cartoon gestures, and photos appear around her.
Sunflowers. Seashells. Pineapples. “The Fibonacci sequence! Isn’t it beautiful? ”
She winks. “Millions of likes and comments don’t lie. Together, we’re going to make Escape Game history. Ciao!”
The cartoon pretends to pull down a blind, and her image is replaced with the real Carter Kelly again, still anxious. “So that’s my audition video. Um. Thanks for watching!”
Producer notes:
Too bad we can’t get the cartoon instead of the girl
Overachiever, goody-two-shoes vibe . . . pair with a rule breaker for drama?
Math whiz. Check with V—how much math involved this season?
Built-in fan base doesn’t hurt
Alert costuming department—makeover needed